Terry Bernard Ball is accused of attacking his mum with a pork chop (Photo: Chris Murphy)

According to police reports, Terry Ball from Georgia hit his 60 year old mother on the head with a piece of pork.

Ball was arrested by Athens-Clarke County police who said he was being charged with battery and also for violating probation from a previous case that had been lodged against him. He had earlier been accused of hitting a man in the face for no good reason.

The police say their investigations revealed that Ball stood up, pushed the mother then headbutted her with a piece of pork that he was eating.